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this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11: a doctor who was struck off over the death of a six—year—old boy wins her appeal to practise medicine again. jack adcock died of sepsis. dr hadiza bawa—garba was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence. i can't see myself as anybody else asa i can't see myself as anybody else as a practising doctor in the community stop it when i got the news that i could be given the opportunity to work again i was very pleased. i am disgusted. opportunity to work again i was very pleased. lam disgusted. i opportunity to work again i was very pleased. lam disgusted. lam devastated. ijust pleased. lam disgusted. lam devastated. i just cannot pleased. lam disgusted. lam devastated. ijust cannot understand how someone can be charged with gross negligence manslaughter, struck off the register by the general medical council and then be reinstated. the murder of 25 year old model harry ozuka. two men are found guilty at the old bailey. labour's antisemitism row. nowjeremy corbyn hits back at criticism from the israeli leader. after a year of rail misery, train travel is now one of the
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uk's least trusted consumer industries. ticketmaster are closing two of their secondary ticketing websites, which allow people to offload unwanted tickets. and at half past eleven we'll be taking another look at the papers with our reviewers, the standards kate proctor, and dia chakra bati from the telegraph. stay with us for that. good evening. a doctor who was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after the death of a six—year—old boy, has won the right to practise medicine again.
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dr hadiza bawa—garba was convicted three years ago following the death of jack adcock, who died after developing sepsis at leicester royal infirmary. a high court had ruled that she should be struck off. but thousands of doctors signed an open letter of support for dr bawa—garba. they said the way she was treated could discourage medics from being open when reviewing mistakes. but the boy's mother says she is now considering her own legal action. our health editor hugh pym reports. the death of this six—year—old boy and the conviction of a doctor provoked a debate which has run right across the medical profession. jack adcock developed sepsis in hospital. a court heard there was a catalogue of errors in his care at leicester royal infirmary and staff had failed to realise his body was shutting down, and close to death. a nurse was also convicted. dr hadiza bawa—garba was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter.
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a medical tribunal ruled she should be suspended for a year, but the general medical council appealed, and she was barred from practising. today that was overturned, and she gave bbc panorama her reaction. i'm very pleased with the outcome, but i want to pay tribute and rememberjack adcock, a wonderful little boy that started this story. i want to let the parents know that i am sorry. dr bawa—garba was backed by some doctors in raising money to go to the court of appeal. now that's succeeded, she says the medical world should reflect on the outcome. my hope is that lessons learnt from this case will translate into better working conditions forjunior doctors, better recognition of sepsis, factors in place that will improve patient safety. her supporters at court today always argued she was doing her best under
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intense pressure at the hospital. after expressing sympathy to the adcock family, they spelled out what the lessons should be. if somebody is a trainee especially, and making honest errors, in a very challenging hospital, which was what happened that day, they absolutely should not pay with their career. so, many doctors and nurses tonight will be resting easier in their beds thinking, i am human, i can make mistakes and i will not lose my license. in a statement, the general medical council said it fully accepted the court of appealjudgement. it said as a regulator responsible for patient safety, it often had to take difficult decisions. it added... "we are sorry for the anguish and uncertainty these proceedings may have caused forjack‘s family, dr bawa—garba and the wider medical profession." jack's mother, who's currently abroad, says she was left devastated by the ruling. what she did that day i will never, ever, ever, everforgive herfor.
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and i don't know how she can go back into this profession. she's shown no remorse, she has no guilt. and i don't know how she can live with herself. the appeal court ruled that the one—year suspension of dr bawa—garba had been appropriate. she says she is keen to practise again. sources have indicated that, subject to a technical review, that could happen as soon as this autumn. hugh pym, bbc news. a model has been found guilty of murdering his fashion rival in a row over a girlfriend. george koh stabbed harry uzoka in the heart over the dispute. he was accompanied by two others, one of whom was found guilty of murder and other of manslaughter. adina campbell reports. moments after their violent attack, these are the men responsible for killing harry uzoka, seen here are running off after being stabbed three times. before his death, harry uzoka was enjoying a successful modelling
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career, with some of the biggest high—street brands, including river island, levi's and top man. but the 25—year—old had been arguing with fellow model george koh. the pair fell out over claims george had slept with henry's girlfriend. heated messages were then sent on social media, leading to a fight. on the day of the fight in west london, harry and a friend had dumbbell bars, but george had two knives, and with him were two other men. it was here, next to this housing estate in west london, where the fight took place. the fight itself lasted just a couple of minutes. harry's friend managed to escape, but for harry, that wasn't the case. he was stabbed in the chest several times. he was able to stumble back to his home nearby, but his injuries were so serious, and the emergency service couldn't save him. two men have been found guilty of murdering harry.
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george koh and merse dikanda, both in their 20s, had claimed they had acted in self—defence. a third man, 24—year—old jonathan okigbo, has been found guilty of manslaughter. the men will be sentenced next month. one of harry's closest friends says he was surprised to find out he's been involved in a fight, something he believes was out of character. that part of the story was the most shocking, that's not h. i cried a lot, and i think... i probably stopped crying, like, on the day after. and then i think maybe like a couple of weeks went by, and then it really hit me. how would you like people to remember harry? he was a light, he truly was a light. and if anyone can get anything from harry's life, forget the modelling, forget like what he attained, really look at how he made people feel. adina campbell, bbc news.
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the convicted rapist john worboys has been questioned about new allegations of sexual assault. he remains in prison after the high court overturned a parole board decision earlier this year to release him. the bbc understands that worboys was interviewed under caution last month. jeremy corbyn has become embroiled in a row on twitter with the israeli prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has accused the labour leader of laying a wreath in memory of the palestinians suspected of being behind the munich olympics massacre in 1972. mr corbyn acknowledged that hewas present when a wreath was laid, but said he didn't think he was involved in it. tonight he hit back calling the israeli prime minister's claims "false". our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. it was back in 2014 before he became labour leader, but this is a wreath—laying ceremony
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creating so many questions forjeremy corbyn. he says he was there to remember the victims of the bombing by israel of the palestine liberation organisation headquarters in 1985. but the accusation is whether he also took part in remembering those alleged to have been behind the munich olympics massacre, the so—called black september group, in which 11 israeli athletes were killed. today, on a housing visit in the west midlands, he was asked if he had laid a wreath in their memory. i was there when it was laid, i don't think i took part in it. i wanted a fitting memorial for everybody who has died in every terrorist incident everywhere, because we have to end it. the only way you can pursue peace is with a cycle dialogue. now the israeli prime minister has waded in, accusing mr corbyn
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honouring those behind the munich killings. tonight, benjamin neta nyahu tweeted. .. but mr corbyn replied, saying that benjamin netanyahu's claims about his actions and words are false. his presence at the ceremony has been questioned before. but it has resurfaced as labour struggles to respond to ongoing criticism of the leadership's handling of anti—semitism allegations. it is certainly unusual for the prime minister of another country to wade in to what has been until now, a domestic political row. but i think critics of mr corbyn inside his own party will argue that mr netanyahu's intervention demonstrates the urgency with which the labour leader needs to get a grip of this anti—semitic issue, and the problem inside the labour party. tonight, jeremy corbyn‘s top team have reiterated his condemnation
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of the munich attack. but i think it will be mr corbyn‘s actions, not his words on anti—semitism, that will dictate how this plays out. satisfaction in the rail network has dropped sharply in the past decade, with train travel now one of the uk's least trusted consumer industries, according to a survey by the consumer group which? in the past year, passengers have voiced concern about the introduction of new timetables, cancelled services, and rising fares. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. new timetables, thousands of cancelled services, angry commuters, strike action, and rising costs — it has not been a happy time for many rail users, and it is evident in a detailed satisfaction survey over the past decade. a study of transport focus data found that overall satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has fallen from 79% a decade ago to 73% today, but regular commuter satisfaction fell even further to 62% in that time.
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on top of that, rail fares could be set to rise by 3.5% next year. that is because train fare increases are tied to the higher measure of inflation, known as rpi. it could add £150 to an average long—distance commuter. i understand that our passengers have had a really tough time over the last few months. i'm a regular commuter myself. but we have to work together, and with a long—term plan. that's what companies are doing, rail companies are doing. that plan is going to make journeys better over the coming years. it's going to improve the economy, it's going to better connect communities up and down the country. to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, in a very long—running dispute about guards on trains. joe lynam, bbc news. heathrow airport is calling on the government to relax passport controls for certain passengers arriving in the uk in a bid to reduce delays. the latest figures revealed that
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in july visitors from outside the european economic area were left queuing for up to two and a half hours. the uk border force managed to achieve its goal of seeing 95% of visitors within 45 minutes just once last month. the headlines on bbc news: a doctor who was struck off over the death of a six—year—old boy wins her appeal to practise medicine again. the murder of 25 year old model harry ozuka. two men are found guilty at the old bailey. labour's antisemitism row. nowjeremy corbyn hits back at criticism from the israeli leader. moves to ease turkey's currency crisis have failed to stop market turmoil as the country's row with america deepens. turkey's president erdogan
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said its nato ally was seeking to stab it in the back after the us imposed sanctions over its refusal to extradite a us preacher imprisoned in the country. from istanbul, mark lowen reports. in his 37 years of work, hakim has never seen it this bad. he imports all his stock from abroad and, as the turkish lira plunges, he is making huge losses. from selling a0 pairs a day, he's down to two, as the currency fall hits his turkish customers' pockets as well. translation: banks used to beg me to give me loans. now i'm begging to get them. i'm cancelling my order to try and sell what i have now and in three months i will see if i have to close down. turkey is now in a full—blown currency crisis — the lira crashing last friday by 18% and still falling. for long, there were warnings
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its economy was overheating, fuelled by credit and construction. but the collapse was sparked when donald trump hit turkey with sanctions and tariffs over its continued detention of an american pastor. president erdogan is stoking conspiracy theories among his nationalist base, with talk of foreign plots. rejecting an interest rate rise that could help, he instead hit out at the us. translation: on the one hand, you're a strategic partner, on the other, you shoot yourself in the foot. on the one hand, you were a partner with us in afghanistan when everyone else was leaving. you were a partner with us in somalia, you're a partner in nato. on the other hand, you stab your ally in the back. is this acceptable? his supporters are rallying behind him. this business group showing off the lira they bought today. the government is framing it
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as a matter of national survival. "everyone knows this is an economic attack on our country," he says, "trump and america will be destroyed and turkey will stand tall." the lira crash matters beyond turkey, because other banks, currencies and markets elsewhere in the world have fallen amid fears of contagion. and with president erdogan warning that the row with the us risks pushing turkey to seek alternative partners, an unprecedented rift has opened between two nato allies. tourists are making hay while the sun shines, as the luxury suddenly becomes affordable. if more holidaymakers are tempted here, it's a small solace amid turkey's economic woes. when i was here, it took me by surprise that i get so much lira for my euros, but it's great. we can afford even better restaurants than we did already, actually.
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we liked the middle standard and now tomorrow we will make a reservation for a really nice turkish restaurant. but no such joy for hakim, closing early, and not knowing where his currency will end up tomorrow. turkey's diplomatic fights and its economic decisions may be made above him, but it's he and 80 million others here who are paying the price. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. a former adviser to donald trump has released what she says is a tape of a phone call from the president expressing what she says is a tape of a phone call from the president expressing surprise at her dismissal last year. omarosa manigault newman, who is publishing a memoir tomorrow, has already accused the president of using racist language. but in a tweet, president trump has called her a lowlife and the white house has dismissed the book as the work of a digruntled former employee. our north america editor jon sopel reports. omarosa manigault newman had zero
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policy expertise and absolutely no political experience when she was appointed by donald trump to be one of his senior advisers at the white house. but she had been on the apprentice, the reality tv show that he had hosted. they were the perfect coupling. i like omarosa. omarosa is a good person. she is also black, in a white house that lives up to its name as being, well, very white. donald trump is a con. and with herfiring and book that she's now touting, the reality tv genre has come to the white house. in the book, she accuses the president of being a racist and misogynist. he fired back. lowlife, she's a lowlife. but revenge is a dish best served cold, and she has planned this all out. extraordinarily, with a tape of her firing by chief of staffjohn kelly. can i ask you a couple of questions? is the president of aware of this? let's not go down that road.
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this is a non—negotiable discussion. i don't want to negotiate. i've never had a chance to talk to you, john kelly, so if this is my departure i would at least like to have an opportunity to understand. we can talk another time. this has to do with some pretty serious integrity violations. that drew gasps in the west wing. the firing took place in the situation room, a place where no recordings are ever allowed. that was yesterday. today, omarosa had a new tape to play — donald trump feigning ignorance about the dismissal. omarosa, what's going on? ijust saw on the news that you're thinking about leaving. what happened? general kelly came to me and said you guys wanted me to leave. no, nobody even told me about it. you know, they run a big operation but i didn't know it. i didn't know that. dammit! i don't love you leaving at all. and now donald trump has come out swinging. "wacky omarosa, who got fired three times on the apprentice,
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now got fired for the last time. she never made it, never will. she begged me for a job, tears in her eyes. isaid ok." the flippant response would be to say, well, this is all good, harmless fun, but this is the west wing — the nerve centre of the most powerful country on earth. and while dramatists have always sought to depict politics as soap opera, the real thing is coming up with more bizarre plot lines than any script writer would dare imagine. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the entertainment giant, ticketmaster, is closing its secondary ticketing websites seatwave and get me in in a bid to combat touts. the sites, which allow concert and theatregoers to offload unwanted tickets, are often targetted by sellers who want to hike up the prices. it follows a campaign by the world's biggest pop acts to make ticket prices fairer for their fans, as our entertainment correpsondent lizo mzimba reports. # i'm in love with the shape
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of you, we push and pull like a magnet do...#. some of music's biggest names have fought for a fairer deal for fans from secondary ticketing sites. among them ed sheeran... # shout out to my ex...#. little mix... # hello from the other side...#. adele. today's announcement from ticketmaster that it's closing down the secondary ticket sites it owns is being seen by campaigners as, yes, a step forward, but far from a complete solution. what this will do is just create more awareness and highlight those who aren't authorised to be sellers and hopefully make it fairerforfans. but we have a long way to go. there are still major secondary ticketing sites like viagogo continuing to resell tickets at often significantly increased prices, something taken advantage of by touts. in the past, ticketmaster has come
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in for pasticular criticism. it's often a place where tickets go on sale officially for concerts like britney spears. with her, the best seats quickly sold out, some seeming to go to touts with the tickets appearing for resale on sites including seatwave, which is owned by ticketmaster. some of the tickets being sold with a mark—ups of hundreds of pounds. ticketmaster will now set up a new exchange system where tickets can't be sold for more than the original price — a model similar to the site, twickets, which doesn't allow resellers to charge more than the ticket‘s cover price. should ticketmaster have done this years ago? in our view, yes. we would welcome any change and the change today is great news. but, ideally, everyone should operate in the way we have done over the last six to seven years — that is to protect the consumer, protect the fan that is constantly being ripped off by the secondary market, whether they be
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a buyer or a seller. campaign group, the fan fair alliance, which includes ed sheeran, says things are now moving in the right direction but the continuing existence of secondary sites selling at huge prices means fans still aren't being protected in the way that they could be. some words of compassion exchanged online between actor arnold schwarzenegger and one of his fans who was suffering from depression has sparked many to share their stories online with the hollywood star. the fan, who was from canada, sent the famous body—builder a message asking for help. to his surprise, mr schwarzenegger replied telling him not to be too hard on himself and that sometimes life is a workout. the overwhelming response schwarzenegger received eventually prompted him to post a motivational video to his struggling fans. you asked me to pump you up a little
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bit. iam happy you asked me to pump you up a little bit. i am happy that you snapped out of it. and now you are pumping up other people with depression. an encouraging them, and giving them positive reinforcement. i love that. and with me to discuss this is tv fitness trailer marvis ambrose. what you think of he has done? first and foremost, just the fact that he replied to someone who needed help, who probably thought that the tweet was just something he who probably thought that the tweet wasjust something he put who probably thought that the tweet was just something he put out to make him feel better. the great thing is arnold schwarzenegger have the responsibility and used his celebrity to give a positive message and show him that he is not alone and show him that he is not alone and he is not the only person and to keep going. that has had a really big impact. it is huge. it is great
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to see someone giving advice to someone to see someone giving advice to someone about something that is really important. physical exercise is we should start to see as something we need to do. not something we need to do. not something that we have to do. it is something that we have to do. it is something that we have to do. it is something that will increase our moods, make us feel better, and prolong our lives as well. and you're a believer in the physical exercise not only helping your body and your heart and so on but also mentally it is very important. most definitely. it has been proven if you work out three to five times a week for 30 to 35 minutes over ten to 12 weeks your mood is going to change, you are going to be more enthusiastic. you have the endorphin rush. the great relief from counselling as well, and smiling, evenif counselling as well, and smiling, even if you are not feeling well, it will increase in dawsons and you will increase in dawsons and you will be happy. with exercise it is guaranteed that you will feel better —— endorphins. it doesn't have to be crazy. it could be a hike or a long
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walk, something that increases your heart rate and get you moving for a long period of time, it will increase your life. is it more important than ever given all of the demands of modern society, social media, people locked on their phones all the time, it is getting away from that, putting your phone away and going for a run or a walk, it really helps your well—being ? and going for a run or a walk, it really helps your well-being? most definitely it will help. with social media, that can have a negative side to it as well. if you're feeling down about yourself, or who you are within yourself, and you're not going to the gym, the first thing you will see is the positives in eve ryo ne you will see is the positives in everyone else's lives because of social media people want to push what they are doing as a positive. in the moment for you that is not necessarily a good thing. i would say if you are the person on the other side looking at everyone's positives, try to make it for yourself and make yourself happy by doing something for your. very good advice. thank you so much for being
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with us in the studio —— something for yourself. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the standards kate proctor, and dia chakra bati from the telegraph, that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. hello there. after the slow—moving, often hot, often dry weather of the summer so often hot, often dry weather of the summer so far, often hot, often dry weather of the summer so far, oui’ often hot, often dry weather of the summer so far, our whether conveyor belt is now once again up and running —— weather. and by weather conveyor belt i am talking about the jet stream, the wind above our head, bringing weather systems mainly to the north—west, every so often we will have a dip in thejet the north—west, every so often we will have a dip in the jet stream, which will drive the rain further south and east, and what thejess trengove also does is it divides cool air trengove also does is it divides coolair in the trengove also does is it divides cool air in the north —— thejet strea m cool air in the north —— thejet stream also does is divides cool air in the north. so for the rest of this week we can sum it up like this. the wettest weather in the north—west, the warmest weather in the south—east and it will be quite
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breezy wherever you are. tuesday is a case in point. the wettest weather across northern ireland and scotland. the band of rain much of it light and patchy in the south and east through the day. for england and wales largely dry other than the odd shower in the east of england. sunny spells, quite a lot of cloud and pretty warm in the south—east. much cooler further north and west. so high—pressure tries to hold on across the southern and eastern areas as we get on into wednesday. but remember the dip in thejet strea m but remember the dip in thejet stream i showed you that is spinning up stream i showed you that is spinning up low pressure which once again will bring rain to the north—west on wednesday, northern ireland, scotland, into north—west england and wales as well, it will be quite breezy and as far as the temperatures go, still arrange, called in the western areas, but in the south—east where we see some sunshine, still quite warm and humid with temperatures into the mid— twenties —— cool. but that will change as we get into thursday. this frontal system continues to work its
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way southwards and east was so at this stage even the south—east will get a dose of rain and behind that, well, for the time being at least we get into some cooler, fresh air. so we can follow our weather front here isa we can follow our weather front here is a morning across east anglia and the south—east, still some heavy bursts in rain for a time, behind if things brighten up with showers to the north—west, you can see the temperatures dipping away, 17 in glasgow, perhaps 21 at best in london. and as we move out of thursday into friday we really do it all again. high—pressure trying to control things in the south. another area of low pressure pushing to the north—west. this low is fairly deep, so north—west. this low is fairly deep, so rain again across northern and western areas, northern ireland, scotland, northern england, and some strong winds as well for the north—west with wind gusts of 40— 50 mph. further south quite blustery as well. again there will be some spells of sunshine and those temperatures, if anything, start to creep up again across the south—east corner. it is a process that will continue on saturday. remnants of
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the old frontal system try to put across england and wales perhaps. the best of the sunshine down to the south—east. another batch of rain moving on towards the north—west. those temperatures ranging from 17, 18,19 those temperatures ranging from 17, 18, 19 in scotland and northern ireland to the low—to—mid 20s further south and east. so, what is the now for a look at the weather. conveyor belt going to do? still driving weather. most of the range of the north—west. the potentialfor some warm at a push in across the south and the east of the country. so as we go into next week it is more of the same. wettest in the north—west, warmest in the south—east, often breezy. what will alli weather conveyor belt bring us next? well, we will keep you up—to—date

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